Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

6 reviews

pants01's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

DNF..

Started out ok, then there was a lot of reference to a boy who obviously has Down syndrome, even though there was no mention, he was called the R word & was used multiple times when there was no need, he was supposed to be the main 4 guys friend.

Later there was use of racial slurs and more use of the R word. This was really jarring and made me upset.

This book dragged on, was repetitive and definitely could have ended way earlier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death, Car accident, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

mallory_desa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book is soo weird. But it's beautiful. If you're in the mood for something deep and difficult to understand, this book is for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

thefortmadhenry's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Having seen the movie when I was a kid, I found it’s mystery and sci-fi/horror elements to be exciting and intriguing. That’s why, reading this book, I was looking for answers to all the holes and flaws in the movie. By and large, the book provided them. But at the same time, I found it to be much more flawed than I’d hoped for, especially in its slowness (it was way too long) and its oddly anti-climactic ending. I found the conceptual aspect of the aliens compelling, but I just felt sort of let down by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

madinhoa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I seriously don’t know what the Dreamcatcher represents. It was a good science fiction novel, the monster seemed stupid and like it could have been a little more creative in what it is described as looking like. Lots of good characters and symbolism. If I knew the purpose of the Dreamcatcher it would be rated higher, I’m gonna have to google what it means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Vomit, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and War

dakotahrey's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The book is pretty long. It felt like it took me forever to read it. Some parts are unnecessarily long, but for the purpose of expanding upon the backstory that is needed for the five main characters and their connection. It was a really cool book, but I just feel like it took so long to read lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, and Ableism

briartherose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Ableism, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts